How to extract text from your SMALI file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SMALI file.
- You’ll see a preview, if available.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert SMALI to another file type
To convert your SMALI file to another format, you need smali/baksmali or other Developer software.
- SMALI to JAVA
- SMALI to DEX
- SMALI to JAR
- SMALI to JS
- SMALI to TS
- SMALI to PY
- SMALI to CPP
- SMALI to C
- SMALI to CS
- SMALI to PHP
- SMALI to RB
- SMALI to GO
Convert a file to SMALI
To convert other file formats to the "Assembly Source Code" file type, you need software like smali/baksmali or a similar tool.
- SH to SMALI
- PY to SMALI
- KT to SMALI
- PS1 to SMALI
- SWIFT to SMALI
- LUA to SMALI
- PL to SMALI
- JAVA to SMALI
- SCALA to SMALI
- JS to SMALI
- VBS to SMALI
- TS to SMALI
About SMALI files
A .SMALI file serves as the human-readable assembly language for the Dalvik Virtual Machine, the runtime used by earlier versions of the Android operating system. These files are typically generated when an Android APK is decompiled using tools like Apktool or Baksmali, effectively turning binary DEX (Dalvik Executable) bytecode into editable text. While powerful for reverse engineering, debugging, and modding apps, .SMALI files present significant challenges: they utilize a verbose register-based syntax that is difficult for humans to parse compared to high-level languages like Java or Kotlin, and they cannot be executed directly on any device. Users commonly encounter problems when trying to analyze complex logic or when they lack the specific smali/baksmali toolchain required to reassemble the code. To overcome these hurdles, users often convert .SMALI back to JAVA source code to understand the underlying application logic, or convert them to standard TXT files for easier sharing and viewing. For re-deployment, the files must be assembled back into DEX format.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SMALI file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted JAVA, DEX, ZIP, CLASS, TXT, VBP, APK, JAR, XAPK, JPG, CRV3D, MP4 and BUP files.
The SMALI Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our SMALI converter.